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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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September/October 2019
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FLEET SERVICES KEEPS THE WHEELS ROLLING
A small group of Davey employees work behind the scenes,
often quietly with little fanfare, to keep the equipment of
crews in all four service lines running smoothly and safely.
The employees of Davey Fleet Services rebuild chainsaws,
service chippers, change truck oil, conduct inspections and
more. Their dedicated hard work is necessary to keep the
company's thousands of pieces of equipment working
day-in and day-out.
"Our shops are service oriented with the goal of getting
equipment back on the road for our employees," said Paul
Milano, director of fleet operations. "It's important that
we help the service lines avoid down time. We work to
be an added value to our field operations, to the point that
they trust our shops as a place to take their vehicles and
machines for service and repairs."
Fleet Services employees work out of shops across the
continent. That includes eight roving mechanics, whose
duty is to respond when a piece of Davey equipment needs
service out in the field. The roving mechanics perform all
their work on the road.
"These folks are traveling," Milano said. "The local Davey
shop for the region is their home base, but they never see
the shop. They are a big help to the Utility crews especially."
Aside from standard maintenance, mobile mechanics
provide a variety of services, including OSHA and DOT
inspections and aerial unit inspections.
Fixed shop locations are adept at routine maintenance on
equipment. In general, the shops are staffed and outfitted
to perform all types of repairs on Davey trucks, chippers,
trailers, handheld equipment and more to serve
operations crews.
Many Davey competitors don't operate in-house shops and
instead take all their equipment to external repair facilities,
Milano said. Fleet Services tracks total annual labor sales,
which are dollars generated by Davey shops by repairing
Davey equipment.
"The more dollars we generate in Fleet Services, the more
dollars we keep within Davey rather than spending that
money at outside repair facilities," Milano said.
Above: A new mobile mechanic truck operated by the Winter Park
Shop in Winter Park, Florida, allows fleet services employees to
make repairs out in the field.
